George Michael: Mein Whampf!
Mat Snow, NME, 28 June 1986
"ALTHOUGH I AM honest, I will deal with an interview with the confidence of GEORGE MICHAEL, POP STAR. And the way I deal with people day to day is constantly fighting to put people at their ease. Half the people I meet probably go away thinking, 'What a crawler!' You have to constantly play down to be accepted as normal; you're on tip-toes in case people think you're walking all over them."
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